CHARLES W. COOK, who is numbered among the
prosperous agriculturists of Worden Township, is a native of
Canada, having been born in the province of New Brunswick, March
15, 1850, son of George and Ann (Coffee) Cook. The father, a farmer
by occupation was a native of England, and the mother of Ireland.
The former died in 1901 at the age of 78 years, and in the year
following his wife also passed away, at the age of 63. They were
parents of seven children: George, who was lost at sea John, a,
sailor, who died at home Andrew, who, like his brother George, lost
his life on the ocean Charles W., subject of this sketch, who has
adopted the safer and more profitable occupation of farming Edmund,
a sailor, who is now dead and William and Robert, who are farmers
in Canada.,

Charles W.
Cook, born in a maritime province, was, like his four sailor
brothers, attracted by the ocean, and at the age of 25 went to
sea
before the mast, being thus occupied for three years in the
coastwise trade. He went through some bad storms and once suffered
shipwreck, and as the work was both dangerous and not particularly
remunerative, he finally decided to stick to the land, and so
engaged in farming, carrying on that occupation in Canada for 12
years. In 1888 he came to Chippewa County, Wis., locating at
Stanley, where he became proprietor of a hotel, which he conducted
for five years. At the end of that time he traded his hotel
property for his present farm of 105 acres, then a tract of 960
acres, which was then but little improved. This defect he has since
remedied by hard labor and now has a good and profitable farm, all
the land belonging to which is cleared but thirty-five acres. He
raises graded Durham cattle, milking seventeen cows. All the
buildings on the farm were erected by him, and include a. two-story
house and a modern barn, 32 by 60 feet in size, with stone
basement, finished with concrete.

Mr. Cook
has experienced the joys and sorrows of domestic life for forty
years, having been married Jan. 2, 1877, to Martha Doo, who was
born in Canada, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Kay) Doo. Her
parents were both natives of Scotland who emigrated to Canada when
young, coming from there to Chippewa County, Canada, in 1885, where
they engaged in farming. Mr. Doo died in August, 1896, at'the age
of 80 years, and was followed to the grave by his wife in October
of the same year, her age being 67. There were nine children in the
family, whose names, respectively, were Mary, Martha, Charles,
Annie, Margaret, Alice, Ellen, Addie, and Cassie. Ellen and Addie
are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have had four children, one of
whom, Emma, is now deceased. The others are: Anna, now Mrs. John
McMillan, of Minneapolis, who has a son, Urban Alexander, who
married Hattie Moore, resides in Clark County, and has two
children, Florence and Leona and Edmund, who married Ula Graham,
also. resides in Clark County, and has two children, Floyd and
Inez.